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Sandy Spring Bancorp in Olney, Md., said a 17% increase in net loans and leases drove its second-quarter net income up 4% from a year earlier, to $8.1 million.

FNB Corp. in Hermitage, Pa., is offering a certificate of deposit designed to help customers offset the soaring cost of college tuition.

Larry Maschhoff is frustrated with customers who cannot commit.

Suffolk Bancorp in Riverhead, N.Y., said Monday that its second-quarter earnings rose 5.9% from a year earlier, to $5.64 million.

When Rawlins National Bank was founded in 1898, Rawlins, Wyo., not far from the Oregon-California Trail, was a booming frontier town.

LSB Bancshares Inc. in Lexington, N.C., said its second-quarter earnings fell 36% from a year earlier, to $1.5 million, after it incurred a $1 million charge related to a condominium project.

Idaho Bancorp's second-quarter earnings rose on strong loan growth and an expanded margin.

Ryan Beck & Co. analyst Collyn Gilbert is touting community bank stocks in the Northeast as good buys for investors.

BankUnited Financial Corp. of Coral Gables, Fla., reported earnings of $23.8 million for the quarter ending June 30, reversing a $14.8 million loss in the same period of 2005.

Tower Financial Corp., of Fort Wayne, Ind., announced second-quarter earnings Friday of $912,000, up 8.4% from the same quarter last year.

WASHINGTON - The American Association of Bank Directors still opposes a provision in the regulatory relief bill that would give regulators more power over bank boards, even after federal banking agencies wrote a letter meant to ease concerns about the issue.

Pacific Capital Bancorp's new chief financial officer says the Santa Barbara, Calif., company needs a more sophisticated finance department to better manage its growing pains.

Premier Community Bankshares Inc. in Winchester, Va., reported Thursday that its second-quarter earnings were flat with the year-earlier period, at $1.8 million. Diluted earnings per share were also flat, at 35 cents.

Cascade Bancorp of Bend, Ore., said Thursday that it earned $9 million in the second quarter, topping the year-earlier period by 83%. Earnings per share rose 46%, to 41 cents.

Eleven Ohio credit unions have banded together to offer a cheaper alternative to payday loans, and more from throughout the country are expected to join them.

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Commerce Bancshares Inc. in Kansas City, Mo., announced Wednesday that its second-quarter earnings rose 2% compared with the year-earlier period, to $55.3 million.

Umpqua Bank in Portland, Ore., has released its first CD - not a certificate of deposit, but a compact disc.

Summit Financial Group Inc. of Moorefield, W.Va., reported a sharp decline in mortgage originations last quarter, and its chief financial officer said it is still trying to figure out why.